Tonight I ate at Tony's and across the street I saw a sign that said on the building, "The Poutine Place". Well, I have never had the pleasure, but soon I want to see what it is and try it. The waiter at Tony's said that they ordered some this morning to see what it was and they liked it a lot.

Poutine is a Quebecois tradition. Hot French fries topped with cheese curds and then topped with hot gravy. The fries and gravy have to be piping hot or the cheese curds won't melt.Decadent and Delicious but not a good choice if you're counting calories or carbs.

On a related note, lobster season just opened last week in my part of Nova Scotia. My favorite lobster dish is a variation on poutine (imaginatively called "lobster poutine") where you replace the brown gravy in a traditional poutine with creamed lobster (lobster fried in thick, rich cream). This is one dish I will be missing over Christmas.

The Poutine Place does not drag people off the street and force them to try it. I willingly tested the waters and now there are many more ponds to swim in. It saved me a trip to Montreal to get it off my bucket list. Now for eye of newt al carbon.